off-off-off Broadwayadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˌɒfɒfɒfˈbrɔːdweɪ/, U.S.

/ˌɔfˌɔfˌɔfˈbrɔdˌweɪ/,

/ˌɑfˌɑfˌɑfˈbrɑdˌweɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, off-off-Broadway adj.

Etymology: < off- prefix + off-off-Broadway adj.Forms with off- occurring four or more times are also occasionally attested.

Originally U.S.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating theatrical productions and venues far removed from traditional Broadway and regarded as even more experimental, avant-garde, or uncommercial than off-Broadway or off-off-Broadway.Unlike the terms Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway which are contractually defined by the Actors' Equity Association with regard to New York theatrical productions, off-off-off Broadway (and the further reduplicated variants) has no such formal meaning and as such is used simply to describe a theatre, performer, or production perceived as being a long way from the mainstream.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [adjective] > type of theatre

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1959 D. Kilgallen in Mansfield (Ohio) Newsjrnl. 3 Mar. 15/6 If the prices for tickets to some of the off-Broadway shows continue going up, someone had better start an off-off-off-Broadway theatre.

1976 N.Y. Times 30 Dec. 8/5 Other local legitimate off-off-off-off Broadway shows like ‘Beach Blanket Babylon’.

1980 N.Y. Times 21 Nov. c5/2 Throughout it all, Miss Thompson continued to study acting and performed occasionally in dinner theaters and in ‘Off Off Off Broadway productions’.

1998 New Yorker 7 Sept. 13/2 Here longtime residents mix with Off Off Off Broadway types and new, fix-it-up homeowners.

2000 14th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (B.F.I. Programme Booklet) 8/2 He has a best friend, Katherine, a struggling off-off-off Broadway actress, who bulldozes his life and his musicals with equal gusto.

B. n.

Theatrical productions and venues of this type.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre > collectively

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off-Broadway1953

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Off-Off1975

1966 N.Y. Times 6 Nov. ii. 19 (caption) Off-off-off-Broadway—Bill Frank..and company will dance at the Henry Street Playhouse.

1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 June (Weekend section) 9 For the adventurous, off-off-off-Broadway is home to a handful of off-the wall revues, the wildest of which must be the startlingly titled Vampire Lesbians of Sodom.

2001 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 2 Sept. e1 The states' footlights will more likely be shining on Neil Simon comedies, Agatha Christie mysteries and Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals than edgy social statements fresh from off-off-off Broadway.

C. adv.

Far removed from traditional Broadway; in off-off-off Broadway productions or venues.

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1967 N.Y. Times 21 May ii. 5/2 The average stage actor in England is now earning almost 3,000 $ per year, not bad outside of New York, sort of off-off-off-Broadway.

1983 People (Nexis) 11 July 82 The new group found ‘a little theater over a striptease bar’ off-off-off-Broadway and debuted that September.

1992 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 Jan. d14 He came to Toronto in 1966, spent a couple of years in New York ‘working off-off-off-off Broadway, then summer stock in Louisville’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	off-off-off broadway
释义	off-off-off Broadwayadj.n.adv. Brit. /ˌɒfɒfɒfˈbrɔːdweɪ/, U.S. /ˌɔfˌɔfˌɔfˈbrɔdˌweɪ/, /ˌɑfˌɑfˌɑfˈbrɑdˌweɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, off-off-Broadway adj. Etymology: < off- prefix + off-off-Broadway adj.Forms with off- occurring four or more times are also occasionally attested. Originally U.S. A. adj. Of, relating to, or designating theatrical productions and venues far removed from traditional Broadway and regarded as even more experimental, avant-garde, or uncommercial than off-Broadway or off-off-Broadway.Unlike the terms Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway which are contractually defined by the Actors' Equity Association with regard to New York theatrical productions, off-off-off Broadway (and the further reduplicated variants) has no such formal meaning and as such is used simply to describe a theatre, performer, or production perceived as being a long way from the mainstream. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [adjective] > type of theatre west end1851 off-Broadway1953 off-off-off Broadway1959 1959 D. Kilgallen in Mansfield (Ohio) Newsjrnl. 3 Mar. 15/6 If the prices for tickets to some of the off-Broadway shows continue going up, someone had better start an off-off-off-Broadway theatre. 1976 N.Y. Times 30 Dec. 8/5 Other local legitimate off-off-off-off Broadway shows like ‘Beach Blanket Babylon’. 1980 N.Y. Times 21 Nov. c5/2 Throughout it all, Miss Thompson continued to study acting and performed occasionally in dinner theaters and in ‘Off Off Off Broadway productions’. 1998 New Yorker 7 Sept. 13/2 Here longtime residents mix with Off Off Off Broadway types and new, fix-it-up homeowners. 2000 14th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (B.F.I. Programme Booklet) 8/2 He has a best friend, Katherine, a struggling off-off-off Broadway actress, who bulldozes his life and his musicals with equal gusto. B. n. Theatrical productions and venues of this type. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre > collectively broadway1881 west end1882 small1886 off-Broadway1953 off-off-Broadway1957 off-off-off Broadway1966 Off-Off1975 1966 N.Y. Times 6 Nov. ii. 19 (caption) Off-off-off-Broadway—Bill Frank..and company will dance at the Henry Street Playhouse. 1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 June (Weekend section) 9 For the adventurous, off-off-off-Broadway is home to a handful of off-the wall revues, the wildest of which must be the startlingly titled Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. 2001 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 2 Sept. e1 The states' footlights will more likely be shining on Neil Simon comedies, Agatha Christie mysteries and Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals than edgy social statements fresh from off-off-off Broadway. C. adv. Far removed from traditional Broadway; in off-off-off Broadway productions or venues. ΚΠ 1967 N.Y. Times 21 May ii. 5/2 The average stage actor in England is now earning almost 3,000 $ per year, not bad outside of New York, sort of off-off-off-Broadway. 1983 People (Nexis) 11 July 82 The new group found ‘a little theater over a striptease bar’ off-off-off-Broadway and debuted that September. 1992 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 Jan. d14 He came to Toronto in 1966, spent a couple of years in New York ‘working off-off-off-off Broadway, then summer stock in Louisville’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.adv.1959
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